Powerful quake strikes off PNG, initial tsunami alert wound back
Image source: Follow Green Living By Harry Pearl SYDNEY (Reuters) – An 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck off Papua New Guinea (PNG) on Sunday, triggering a...
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Sports Minister on Completion of Sir Hubert Murray Stadium
The K40m construction of the Sir Hubert Murray Stadium that has been stagnant for quite some time now, may see its completion at the end...
More rain for PNG could mean more potential disasters waiting to strike
In the past few days, PNG has seen this ‘disaster triggering disaster’ effect in play with major flooding in many centres across the country; that...
Residents Stress on The Environmental Impacts Experienced
The La Niña, or heavy rainfall, in the Western Pacific has brought about severe damages to the environment. In the past days, PNG has experienced...
Transport Companies feel the pinch from Landslips on Okuk Highway
Jim Tapako investments is a Papua New Guinean owned business that has contracts in the highlands. Its twenty five trucks carry cargo to the Pogera...
PNG National Weather Service: Prepare for rainy weather ahead
The PNG National Weather Service has forecast frequent rainfall over the first five months of 2017. The predicted La Nina weather will set in together...
Road Section of Highlands Highway Damaged by Flooding
Traffic along the 41 mile section of the Highlands Highway has slowed to a crawl after flooding damaged road sections. The problematic stretch runs along...
No Signs of Volcano Eruption Following 7.9 Quake
By Alphonse Aime (DWU Journalism Student) The Rabaul Volcanological Observatory says last weekend’s 7.9-magnitude earthquake, although it was a big one, it didn’t affect volcano...
Quake hits east of Papua New Guinea, tsunami warnings scaled back
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.9 struck 157 km (98 miles) east of Rabaul in Papua New Guinea on Saturday,...
Magnitude 7.9 strikes New Ireland Province
A magnitude 7.9 earthquake has been detected by the US Geological Survey, 46 kilometres east of Taron in New Ireland Province of Papua New Guinea. The...